Hi my ex husband is behaving badly again. Despite agreeing on a parenting arrangement to try out for 3 months during mediation, he went to a lawyer and sent me a nasty letter with an unreasonable parenting plan quite different to what was agreed at mediation stating that if I don’t agree to it he will take it to a court. I have a good lawyer and they have got agreement to stick with what was agreed in mediation for now, however he is still threatening to take it to a court as apparently he did not agree with what was agreed at mediation. My question is how likely is it that this will end up in a court?
I am very happy to discuss and negotiate with him either through a mediator or the lawyers but I am afraid that it will end up in a court if he doesn’t get everything he wants as there is a pattern of behaviour where he has a tantrum if I don’t do as he says. He has also threatened to make me pay for his legal costs if I don’t agree with his parenting plan. Does this ever happen ~ that the other person who is trying to avoid conflict has to pay the person taking it to courts costs?
How can I keep this out of a court and get agreement on a reasonable parenting plan that truly puts our daughters needs first not himself?
What behaviours would mean that he wouldn’t get 50 % if it went to a court? He has made many threats, ultimatums, put our daughter in the middle, etc. thanks for your advice
I am very happy to discuss and negotiate with him either through a mediator or the lawyers but I am afraid that it will end up in a court if he doesn’t get everything he wants as there is a pattern of behaviour where he has a tantrum if I don’t do as he says. He has also threatened to make me pay for his legal costs if I don’t agree with his parenting plan. Does this ever happen ~ that the other person who is trying to avoid conflict has to pay the person taking it to courts costs?
How can I keep this out of a court and get agreement on a reasonable parenting plan that truly puts our daughters needs first not himself?
What behaviours would mean that he wouldn’t get 50 % if it went to a court? He has made many threats, ultimatums, put our daughter in the middle, etc. thanks for your advice